Excerpt from
THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE
SURVIVORS
More than 220 tall British ships were damaged by lightning during the Napoleonic wars. The easiest solution was to install lightning rods, but since Benjamin Franklin, traitor to England, had invented the device, His Majesty’s navy, under the rule of the lunatic monarch George III, refused.
It’s strange to think how many famous men are mentally unstable. My mom used to say, “Some elevators don’t rise to the top floor.” No fooling.